Auinas

Zusatztext "Lucid! cogent! and compelling. Required reading for anyone interested in Thomas Aquinas." Informationen zum Autor Edward Feser teaches philosophy at Pasadena City College, California. He is the author of On Nozick and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Hayek. Klappentext One of the most influential philosophers and theologians in the history of Western thought, St Thomas Aquinas established the foundations for much of modern philosophy of religion, and is infamous for his arguments for the existence of God. In this cogent and multifaceted introduction to the great Saint's work, Edward Feser argues that you cannot fully understand Aquinas' philosophy without his theology and vice-versa. Covering his thoughts on the soul, natural law, metaphysics, and the interaction of faith and reason, this will prove a indispensible resource for students, experts or the general reader. Zusammenfassung In this multifaceted introduction to the renowned thinker, Edward Feser shows how Thomas Aquinas’s works are as relevant today as when they were written.

Product details

• Authors: Edward Feser, Eward Feser
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.09.2009
• EAN: 9781851686902
• ISBN: 978-1-85168-690-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Beginner's Guide; Beginner's Guides; Beginner's Guide; Beginner's Guides; Beginner's Guide
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / History, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, HISTORY / Social History, Philosophy, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Christianity / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Renaissance, Italy, Sicily, Christianity, History of Religion, Biography: religious & spiritual, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Philosophy of religion, Biography: religious and spiritual, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Educational: Religious studies: Christianity, 13th century, c 1200 to c 1299, Medieval Western philosophy, c 1000 to c 1400 (Italian period of Communes, ‘Signorie’)